Walter Short

Walter Campbell Short (30 March 1880-9 March 1949) was a Lieutenant-General of the US Army who was responsible for defending US military installations on Hawaii during the Attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

Biography
Walter Campbell Short was born on 30 March 1880 in Fillmore, Illinois, and he graduated from the University of Illinois before being commissioned into the US Army as a Second Lieutenant on 13 March 1902. He served in the Philippines and Alaska before taking part in the American invasion of Mexico, and he rose in the military's ranks during peacetime. On 8 February 1941, he was given command of the US troops on Hawaii, and he believed that the island's 130,000 Japanese inhabitants were liable to sabotage the American defenses in the case of an invasion from Japan. On 17 December 1941, he was demoted to Major-General and removed from command after the Attack on Pearl Harbor, and he was called to testify on his behalf during hearings on the Pearl Harbor attack. On 25 May 1999, over 50 years after Short's death, Short and Husband E. Kimmel were exonerated by the Senate.